Electrified stock hurdle



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Dec. 10, 1935. HE=|KEN 2,023,835 I ELECTRIFIED STOCK HURDLE Filed June 13, 1935 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Dec. 10, 1935.

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255. FEN E- Patented Dec. 10, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ELECTRIFIED STOCK HUBBLE Carl G. Heiken, Anamola, Iowa Application June 13, 1935, Serial No. 26,477

1 Claim. (Cl. -285) This invention relates to new and useful improvements in stock hurdles and more particularly to a combination gate and hurdle constructed in such a manner as to permit cattle to pass through the gate and over the hurdle but to restrain hogs and other small animals.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a hurdle which in construction and operation will serve to shock small stock, because of the fact that small stock must push themselves over the hurdle and thus bridge and engage the conductors placed thereon, while large stock can merely step over the stock and not become affected by the conductors thereon.

Other important objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent to the reader of the following specification.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 represents a side elevational view of the novel stock and gate structure.

Figure 2 represents a side elevational view of the opposite side of the stock and gate, from that shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 represents a stop plan view of the stock and gate with the gate in partly open position.

Figure 4 represents a vertical sectional view through the gate and stock.

Figure 5 represents an enlarged vertical sectional view through the battery and coil box and adjacent gate and stock structure.

Figure 6 represents a diagrammatic view disclosing the electrical connection between the electrical devices involved.

Referring to the drawings wherein like numerals designate like parts, it can be seen in Figure 6 that numeral 5 generally refers to the battery of the six volt type while numerals 6-1 generally refer to the primary and secondary coils of the transformer 8. Numerals 9 represent the circuit which includes the primary 6 and e battery 5 and from this circuit extends t e conductor I 0 which is normally tensioned by the spring I l at its free end, this conductor I0 extending along the top of the stock I2 in the manner substantially shown in Figure 1 with the spring I l anchored as at l3.

An elongated conductor I4 is suitably secured along one side of the stock [2 as at [5, this extending from one side of the secondary I of the coil 8, the same being tensioned by the spring I6 which is anchored as at H. A conductor I5 is secured to the side of the stock I2 opposite from the side on which the conductor I4 is located. 5

As clearly shown in Figure 2, staples it! are driven into the top of the stock l2 and through this extends the conductor Ill. A short contact strip l9 extends from the conductor H at the point [5a upwardly and snugly over the top of 1 the stock I2 and are secured at their other edge as at 20 to the opposite side of the stock I 2. Thus these members l9 serve as contacts in complement 'to the contactor wire I0, it being understood that all of these wires are bare.

Upstanding from the stocks l2 are the posts 2|, 22 between which the gate 23 is movable.

Secured to the post 22 is the box 24 in which is contained the aforementioned battery 5 and the coil 8 this box being provided with a removable cover 25 to permit access to the interior thereof.

It will also be observed that the conductor I5 is extended through staples 26 on one side of the stock l2.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the 25 invention in specific terms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, size and materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

30 Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: An animal stile comprising a horiggntaLmem 1 1&1, a source oTEurrent, a pair of conductors exng along the horizontal member, a step up 35 transformer including a primary and secondary, a thii l cgnguctor extending along the horizontal member and connected at one side of the secondary, one side of the primary being connected to one side of the battery, the other side 40 

